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Speaking of near-misses
Washington Times ^ | 2/27/04

Posted on 02/26/2004 10:20:05 PM PST by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The day before the president addressed NASA in January, outlining a new direction in manned space flight, astronomers detected a large asteroid that appeared to be headed straight toward Earth. Further studies showed that the Near Earth Object (NEO) would miss by a wide margin, as it eventually did. Who knew?


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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asteroid

1 posted on 02/26/2004 10:20:05 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
But it didn't - and I believe they won't. God is protecting His creation.
2 posted on 02/26/2004 10:34:23 PM PST by LiteKeeper
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To: LiteKeeper
Maybe God will protect us by making us smart enough to protect ourselves.
3 posted on 02/26/2004 10:43:22 PM PST by U S Army EOD (Volunteer for EOD and you will never have to worry about getting wounded.)
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